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Live Die Repeat /Edge of Tomorrow

As much as I hate Tom Cruise as a person this movie was one of the most fun sci-fi action flicks I have seen in a very long time.

Into the Spider-Verse.

I was kind of aware of that sort of plot line in the comics. And I loved The live action Spider-Man movies.

Was blown away at how complete a package it was: visuals, score, writing, voice acting. It was just an all around great movie.

Tropic Thunder. Went in knowing it was a new Ben Stiller movie and nothing else.

Dune

The new Dungeons and Dragons movie. It was a blast

Bullet Train was fun as hell.

Edit: I just realized that I saw John Wick based on, "Hey I want to see a movie today. John Wick? No idea what this is, but if it's in IMAX it might be fun!"

It was.

Train to Busan. Shit was INTENSE.

Both Prey & Bullet train I was expecting average action movies, and both ended up being some of my favourite movies last year with great rewatchability.

Free Guy! I had very mediocre expectations for that movie, but I ended up loving it.

Zoolander. Thought it looked bad from the trailers. I was wrong.

2 movies immediately come to mind, and I think it's because I went in with an expectation that the movie is gonna suck.

1. Pacific Rim
2. District 9

It's probably been 10 years since I watched either of those movies so I'm not sure how they have aged...

12 Angry Men - the original b&w one. I read a quick review and it sounded interesting enough to at least try.

Started slow and a bit dull but so well written and shot that it quietly builds the tension and kinda sneaks up on you.

The Super Mario Bros Movie. I pretty much put it on expecting to be disappointed, as video game based movies are almost universally terrible, but ... I actually had a good time and really enjoyed all the reference humor.

They Cloned Tyrone was an unexpected gem from Netflix of all places.

Bullet Train. I didn't know what to expect going into it really, but it turned out to be a super fun movie.

The Suicide Squad

The first one was so bad, was surprised the sequel was watchable haha

Coco.

I went into thinking it'd just be another generic Disney animated movie that my sister kept pestering me to watch.

Ended up crying at that last 15 minutes of the movie. Wow was it good.

Based on the trailers and ads, I thought Kung Pow was gonna be a piece of crap. I only went because my parents made me take my younger siblings who wanted to see it.

Turned out to be one of the funniest fucking movies I have ever seen.

Demolition Man - I was expecting a dumb violent scifi action flick - which it was, but it also had a great scriptwriter and some really funny, witty lines in it which was an unexpected treat

Snowpiercer - I was expecting typical scifi channel fare, and got to watch an elaborate and thoughtful science fiction movie.

Basically half of the films with Dwayne Johnson. Everytime I see a film with him I am like: "yeah, this won't be good, but at least funny", but some of them are really enjoyable

Wolf of Wall Street. Mainly because I saw it on a whim pretty much as soon as it came out, and didn't really have any expectations. Holy fuck what an entertaining and hilarious film, three hours long and not a single boring minute. I've not seen it since but I consider it my favourite film regardless.

Prisoner -2013 The movie that got me into thriller movies

The unbearable weight of massive talent - 2022 Wasn't expecting much but turned out to be my favorite Nick Cage movie

The vvitch - 2015 I've never been big on horror movies but this one ended up being one of my favorite movies

I just finished Host last night.

I had low expectations because of the Zoom format of the movie. I expected it to be real cheesy and low quality.

But man, I was blown away. The Zoom video chat made the whole thing feel more real and once the scares started, they really didn't stop. It's only a 50 minute runtime, so it's short and sweet. Even when I knew what scares were coming, they still got me.

Babylon... I watched it recently and was pleasantly surprised.

Frailty. Starring and directed by the late, great Bill Paxton. 20 years later this one still sticks with me. Best to go in without knowing anything about the plot.

I just watched Oppenheimer. I went in with no expectations, but a solid grasp of the history (except I did not know Lewis Strauss's role in the clearance hearings, so that was good to learn).

I was deeply moved by the film. I have never conceptualized the person that Robert Oppenheimer was. Being a scientist working in the nuclear industry, I owe him a lot. And I find he was someone to look up to; and I also empathize with him as a person. I'm definitely not as brilliant as he was, but there are parallels between us personally and in our careers to date (albeit on a much smaller scale for me!). I understand the struggles he went through regarding his position on nuclear weapons. I believe he was someone who lived in contradiction (by seeing pros and cons to every stance, moral benefits and burdens) and was ok with living with the controversy internally... Much like quantum mechanics provides in general.

Pleasantville. Talk about a movie the trailers did NOT prepare me for…

Renfield was hilarious in an Army of Darkness kind of rediculous horror way. If that's your thing.

Marcel the Shell with Shoes On.

I loved the original videos, but doubted it would make a good movie.

Recently,

Infinity Pool by David Cronenburg

and

Psycho Goreman. It's everything it should be and more, but doesn't pretend to be anything that it isn't.